Friday, March 2, 2018

The Little Brave Astronaut


The Little Brave Astronaut
Laijon Liu 20180302

the little astronaut is flying
flying off the orbit-
that’s not the only problem

his spaceship is running
running out of fuel-
that’s not the only problem

his spaceship is breaking
breaking into two parts-
that’s not the only problem

a little green man on a flying saucer
orbiting the Earth-
that’s not the only problem

that little green man is holding its supernova gun [1]
aiming at the Earth-
that’s not the only problem

the Earth is losing gravitational pull
and spinning upside down-
that’s not the only problem

Look! the penguins are in the Arctic
the polar bears are in the Antarctica
the whales are beaching on Africa shore

Hurry! Little brave astronaut!
there’s no time!
Hurry up!

- There’s a little brave astronaut in everyone of us -

Note:
[1] Supernova gun is a shooting device that turns a planet into supernova, when the supernova burns out, the residue turns into a marshmallow. If a little green man eats that marshmallow, it will become an evil Yoda and gain its universal fame. This information is extracted from an omitted page of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The following photos are shots of my Wall Art Installation “Little Brave Astronaut”. I got a free world map from National Geographic DVD box, and after I taped the map on the wall, I realized it was upside down, it’s much of hard work to peel off the thin paper map… and I thought maybe an upside down world map really fit our current global state from the news we read daily. 

- The sky is not falling, but the world is upside down -